Midland Railway Chapeltown Extension Railway
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Midland Railway Chapeltown Extension Railway
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 8 Jul 2013
Looking north at Hemingfield Cemetery Road bridge. The railway was built at a relatively late date - 1893-95 - to tap the rapidly developing coal industry in the area. It now provides an important passenger rail link between Sheffield and Leeds via Barnsley.
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Image Location
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53.508127
Longitude
-1.415384